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YouNotWhyBe a Member of theLlanoDollar-UpClub?"LITTLE STROKES fell great oaks," said Franklin, so little dollar billswill buj' great mills to make clothes, preserve food and construct shelter forthose who are moulding a CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH.It is not our ideal that we should ask for cash to help build a true home.We had much rather not call upon the outside world for financial aid, and thetime is coming when we shall live entirely, off our own resources. But, as theearly colonists of America were forced to buy from the mother country untilthey became strong enough to .support themselves, so we must depend uponthe old system that encircles us for that which we are not yet strong enoughto produce.We need cash to pay for a larger tract of land. We need more machinery, fertilizer, fencing, tools, clothes, flour for the bakery and paper for theprintery, all of which we can not produce.Conditions are the same here as in all other localities. All we have tosell is worth scarcely anything, and all we have to buy is sky-high. Nevertheless, there are something over three hundred conscientious members here forthe purpose of making a comfortable living and the past three years have witnessed a successful and rapid progress.We are but pioneers. You who have endured the hardships of livingthree to seven years on a government claim in order to own 160 acres of rawland know the sacrifices that must be borne in order to build a home, in anew country. We are pioneering and building a new home in an old country.We are proving up on a claim, and our time is up when the 20,000 acres arepaid for. We shall then be ready to work out our ideal in earnest and prove tothe world that a group of honest, constructive people can live the Golden Rule.The sooner the land is paid for, the sooner we can have machinery toconvert our own produce into finished products; the sooner we can grow twoto three hundred bushels of sweet potatoes per acre, the sooner shall we beready to build a true home. Thus, if YOU are interested in this great work,it is only YOUR duty that you should help.We therefore ask YOU in the name of CO-OPERATION and FRATERNITY to be a member of the LLANO DOLLAR-UP CLUB and contributev/hat j ou see fit, that we may the sooner set the world aright. Just a dollara month will not lessen your purse a great deal, and every penny means timesaved on the road to happiness, prosperity and comfort for all.If you believe that all men were born free and equal, that the naturalresources are for the whole instead of the few, that wealth breeds injustice andstrife, then you can not help being a—Dollar-Up PeerEspecially if you intend to make Newllano your future home. Every dollar then means bricks in your own foundation of the future civilization, because the past civilization is rapidly vanishing and a new civilization, basedupon co-operation only, is dawning in the eastern sky.Do your duty and help make your dream come true, by joining the DOLLAR-UP CLUB.LLANO CO-OPERATIVE COLONYNewllano, via Leesville, La.A Harmonious Attitudefor Co-operative ColonistsThe only way to prevent friction orantagonism in association, either political, economic or in the family circle, isfor eac)* one "to mind his own busies."With the ideas prevailing at thistime, the curse of associated life is thedesire of each person to control theconduct of others according to his ownwishes, or to assert himself outside thelimits of his own department. This assertion, although it may not be expressed by words or actions, is felt nevertheless and arouses a positive current ofmagnetism, which generates action orlatent antagonism.We cannot be expected to approveof that which we dislike, or to be sympathetic with conduct which brings usunpleasant results; but we can schoolourselves to INDIFFERENCE, whichis nothing, more nor less than a nonconductive magnetic state in which weneither receive impressions nor give outany of our own.To live happily in associated life, wemust cultivate sympathy—magnetic exchange—whenever we find that we cangive or receive from others, and wemust cultivate indifference—a nonconductive magnetic attitude—whenever we find a tendency to antagonism,or otherwise the result will be repulsion.Each one must learn to assert himself in his own department, whateverthat may be, and learn to let othersdo the same, and that cannot be donewithout cultivating indifference. It maysound harsh and heartless; but it is afact that too much attention to the conduct, of those with whom we live (letit be husband, wife, child or fellow-cooperator) leads us to make efforts tocontrol their lives in a manner that theywill resent, if they have any mind andwill force of their own; and this is oneof the most fruitful causes of quarrelsand dissensions.It may seem 4 paradox, but it isnevertheless a fact that by learning "tomind our own business," by cultivatingindifference to the actions of otherswhen those actions are displeasing tous, and by cultivating sympathy at other times, we shall lay the best foundation for attraction and suffer the leastfrom that unpleasant feeling called repulsion, antagonism, or opposition.The Llano Co-operative Colony 5snot a Rochdale Co-operative. It is engaged in productive co-operation. Na.ture does not pay the members of thiscolony with money, but with the cleared acres, the growing crops, every description of improvements made, andthe services that the members enjoyevery day at each other's hands. Theseassets are always in tangible evidencebefore the* co-operator's eyes ,and arethe sources of his daily supply andcomfort. The activities carried on inthe different departments require ofeach worker the necessary knowledgethat his work calls for. The differentlines of work are of direct, constructiveusefulness, and there is nothing theoretical about it. It is not a matter ofopinion or arbitrary caprice or wilfulness, but of definite knowledge. It isvoluntary co-operation »at work. Thework must be concerted and co-ordinated, because circumstances and conditions require it for successful operation. There is no political rulershipabout it. If certain results are wantedthe nature-appointed way must be entered upon to secure the results. It isnot a matter of personal bias or a subjective viewpoint, but of scientificknowledge and practice.Instead of opening the mind to areview of surrounding phenomena andseeing the things of life in their realnatural relatonship to each other, mostpeople assume a speculative theory,system or creed, concerning them, towhich they think all things and peoplemust eventually conform, not realizingthat in the process of theory makingall the theories are merely steppingstones to other theories.Why not refer every case to nature'sown infinitely correlated net-work oflaw No premices should be based upon the theory of a thing butupon thething itself with due regard to its harmonious relationship to all other things.The mind should give careful attentionto the things of life as they really are,and seccure an understanding of how touse them for mankind, s benefit.All accurate, demonstrable knowledge has come through objective study—investigation, discovery and demonstration. There is but one permanent objective criterion, the definite ascertainment of all investigation, experimentation, the sum of all knowledge.And this valid objective criterionshould be adopted as the only valid onefor decisions in all human affairs.When such a common undeviating basis of judgment is adopted the unity ofthought and action will be at hand.The process of integration that cooperative colonization involves can only proceed in definite proportion toeach person's conduct to agree withnature's constructive principle. Thereare two processes, running thru all nature and manifesting themselves everywhere as directly and unmistakablyopposite in their effects. . One leadsto integration, growth, acretion; whilethe other results in disintegration, dissolution and destruction. Each person, by his attitude: disposition and conduct places himself in line with eitherone or the other process.Individual cj^aracter is the only channel for all social improvement Newllano will always be what the collectivework of the colonists make it. Nature,rewards every community in definiteproporton to the intelligent labor applied. A new community is not builtup over night, but, given time, a cooperative community in which all worktogether for mutual benefit can makea greater demonstration of generalwell-being in a shorter period of time,than. can a similar number of peoplewho are working on the principle ofpersonal selfishness without regard tothe others welfare, and which ultimately will destroy itself.Every abuse has within itself seedsreliable knowledge alone can guardagainst abuses. When knowledge is therule of action, mistakes will be avoidedand barring accidents, results of constructive action will be a definite certainty. The colonists' at Newllano canhave whatever they want, providedthey will do the necessary work thatwill accomplish the end aimed at. Intelligent constructive labor unlocks thetreasure trove of nature to evéry onewho makes use of this key "and has norent, interest or profit to pay.All the neoighboring people of thecolony are invited to co-operate withthe colony members on the basis of afair and equitable exchange of laborand products, such as the colony onone hand can supply and on the otherhand use of such things as the neighbors can provide them with. Its alla matter of present possibilities. TheColony is in favor of the utmost expansion of co-operation with the wholeworld as rapidly as it can be developed.THE FUTURE OF RICESince the world has awakened to thevalue of hulled rice, or the grain in itsnatural state, called brown rice, and itsnutritive value has been recognized,rice culture has taken an upward turn.For centuries the Chinese and Japanese have utilized rice and its products,from thatching their houses with strawto making footwear of it, making paper of it, and eating the grain, as wellas manufacturing rice wine, which, delicious in taste, requires only about athimbleful to intoxicate the ordinaryindividual. Now America has discovered that it can make paper from ricestraw instead of devastating our forests. It already makes not only ricemilk, but numberless other productsfor dairy use.The rice Journal, Beaumont, Texas,says anent the»use of rice—"It is onlynecessary to educate people to cookrice properly"—(which few in theNorth do)-r—"and make the graviesthat are so famous in the South, andthat are being taught the housewifeof the present, as well as the housewifeof the future."Because brown rice is far more palatable, as well as nourishing, efforts arebeing made to place such rice on themarket at prices the masses can reachinstead of, as heretofore, at fancyprices, as if it were a rare and choicegem. A process has now been employed whereby such rice will keep and beinsured from becoming rancid or infested by weevils, without imparing thevalue of the grain.We take from The Rice Journal thefollowing table, which will prove of interest:Milled Rice (or Rice as Sold h theWorld 's Markets To-day).Water 12.45%Ash 0.39Protein 5.27Starch, Sugar, etc. 80.27Crude, fiber 0.24Fats 0.79Total 9932Rice in the BrowsWater 12.13%Ash (mineral matter) 1.46Protein 6.50Starch, Sugar, etc. 76.09Crude fiber 0.61Fats 2.43 -99.22Total 99.22Oh, You Mother-in-Law !As Mr. Caveman was gnawing abone one morning in his cave, Mrs.Caveman rushed in and said, "Quick,Get your club, oh, quick ""What's the matter?" growled Mr.Caveman."Saber-toothed tiger chaseing mother," gasped his wife.Mr. Caveman uttered an expressionof annoyance."And what the deuce," he asked,"do I care what happens to sabertoothed tiger?"A POT POURRI AT THEAGRICULTURE MEETINGAt the Friday night, October 5,meeting the different groups, organized for horticultural, garden and farmspecialties made interesting reports, indicating earnestness and preliminarywork done. Comrade Darth reportedfrom the grape club that arrangementshave already been made for energeticpushing of their chosen field of endeavor. Last Sunday a volunteer crew ofnine men and three teams watered thestrawberry plant patch by hauling water, and a good heavy shower since thenhas placed them beyond all possibilityof suffering from drought. ComradeHoward Buck is determined to have alarge tank provided that when neededwill water the strawberry acres and willalso be available for lettuce, celery andother garden truck requiring plenty ofwater. A blueberry patch will be planted inNovember, an ideal spot for theirculture having been located. Theseblueberries grow in the hill regions ofSt. Domingo and are thoroughly acclimated to this section of the South.Comrade Tackett reported that an excellent tea can be made from the leavesof the Kudzu plant and showed a citronmelon, grown on the colony land, that,grows to a large size, serves as thebasis for all kinds of preserves, can beflavored to imitate almost every fruitgrown under the sun, and can be stored the entire winter without deteriorating. Comrade Baldwin reported for theforage club. He has examined a number of hay fields in the parish, and iswell pleased with the prospects for alarge forage supply for the colony'sdomestic animals.Writing in the Atascadero News someyears ago, E. G. Lewis said: "Successful growing of things is a very scientific business, and were the same attention and order of intelligent businessorganization applied to it that is given to the business of manufacturingmunitions of war, with the same fostering care from the government, it wouldrespond a thousand-fold. Any able,intelligent man, who will develop reasonable time and effort to learning thescientific business of growing things,can make more honest profit at it thanhe could in almost any other conceivable business, and if the federal andstate government would contribute onetenth the subsidy and other assistanceto the building of good roads and establishing public systems of marketingfood products that they devote to porkbarrel harbors, fifty-thousand governernment buildings in one-thousand dollar towns and a few other little itemsof state and national plunder, this nation could 'feed the world with its lefthand, and fight it with its right.The United States is the only civilized country that has not adopted modern methods of farm colonization, andprovisions for settlers on its land. Instead of helping the farmers in naturally legitimate productive food supplying the Federal Reserve Bank deflatedfarmers to the tune of seven billions.1 he claim is advanced in some directions that plant diseases are caused byreason of fertilizing with filth, animal,bird or human excrement, rotten bones,sewage, rotten anything, reinforced, tobe sure, with such chemical matters asnitre, super-phosphates, lime etc,.Primeval rocks supplied to the fieldsin a pulverized form, it is said, will properly feed plants and yield to mankindcereals, tubers and fruits that are healthy, wholesome vegetable food andlife-sustaining; the plants being healthy will escape disease and parasites;many of the ills of man due to unwholesome food from plants will disappear.Turn stones into bread, make barrenregions fruitful, feed hungry, causehealthy cereals and provender to beharvested and thus prevent epidemicsamong men and diseasees among animals; make agriculture profitable, save«^/large expenditures now being made forfertilizers that are in part injurious andin part useless. Turn the untmployedto country life by revealing the inexhaustible nutritive forces which hithertounrecognized are stored up in the rock,in the air and in the water.Green manuring is one of the oldestmethods used to maintain or to increase the productivity of the soil. Newdevelopments that have been made inthe practice and in the plants used forthe purpose in recent years have causedthe U. S. Department of Agriculture topublish Farmers' Bulletin 1250, Greenmanuring, by C. V. Piper and A. J.Pieters.When a green-manure crop is turnedunder, the various fertilizing elementsthat have gone into making of the cropare returned to the soil, and a quantityof organic matter not before in the soil'l . ec ^'. an d, in addition to improvingthe physical condition, serves a s foodfor beneficent -bacteria. One of themost important functions of organicmatter in the soil is to keep up the nitrogen supply. The bulletin gives threeway s m which this is done: ( 1 ) Growthof nodule bacteria on the roots of legurn,nous plants; ( 2 ) the making of nitrates by soil bacteria from organic nitrogen m the soil; and (3) growth ofbacteria and molds that feed on plantwaste m the soil and take nitrogen direct from the air. These processes maybe stimulated by adopting the properpractices and suitable crops.